I have a 14gallon nano reef that i need help stocking. I already have 5 blue legged hermits, 4 snails(Astrea), 1 Emerald Mithrax Crab, some mushroom coral and a leather coral(toadstool)

so now i need to decide on fish, shrimp, other inverts, and more corals. Any suggestions? I have a total of 48 watts of compact fluorescent lighting on this tank.

What kind of shrimp would you suggest?
What and how many fish would you suggest?
Any other cool inverts to include/look into?
What are some good corals for my setup?

THNX.
-Ian
this is a saltwater tank….

ive been running this tank for about 6 months now but i have a 1 yearold fish only tank awell.
my reef tank is a 180L tank with T5 lighting and good protien skimmer. i also have the filter that came with the tank (600lph)and 2 powerheads which are on at different times.

inside is 4 seahorses a cleaner wrass, 2 cleaner shrimps, a manderin fish (who does eat frozen foods) and a gobie, 2 oysters and some snails and stuff.
i also have a newish zoanthids with about 40 heads and a mushroom leather coral. i am currently only adding vitamins and marine snow as food.

i have no room for a sump but i was wondering is there anything else i need to give my reef tank the best start possible?

ive been running this tank for about 6 months now but i have a 1 yearold fish only tank awell.
my reef tank is a 180L tank with T5 lighting and good protien skimmer.
inside is 4 seahorses a cleaner wrass, 2 cleaner shrimps, a manderin fish (who does eat frozen foods) and a gobie, 2 oysters and some snails and stuff.
i also have a newish zoanthids with about 40 heads and a mushroom leather coral. i am currently only adding vitamins and marine snow as food.

i have no room for a sump but i was wondering is there anything else i need to give my reef tank the best start possible?
i also have the filter that came with the tank and 2 powerheads which are on at different times

i have a small reef setup with a pulsating xenia, 5 ghost shrimp, 2 stripe-legged hermit crabs, a blue legged hermit, an emerald crab, 2 astria snails, a turbo snail, a clownfish, a scooter blenny, a dominoe damsel fish and, a very small angler fish. my tank is about 2 1/2 months old and i just recently added two zooanthid frags and they havent opened up yet! They have been in my tank for around 48-72 hrs. I had just added some trace elements(kent nano reef parts A and B) the day before i added them, do you think they are going to survive????

ok, i have a 55gal reef tank, and it has been setup for about a month, and has 60lbs of fully cured liverock…my ammonia, nitrites are at 0 and my nitrates are at 5 or less…i was just wonding if you all think its fully cycled and ready for a fully cleanup crew

for that past 3 weeks i have had 5 snails and 5 crabs in the tank, everything is good but one hermit crab died somehow….he was unactive since the day i got him anyways….but no excuse….also i have 2 blue damels in the tank for over a week now and they seem very active and eat a lot…..advice? thanks.

My somewhat new reef tank (about 2 months) is starting to get a slight cyanobacteria outbreak. While Ammonia, Nitrites are at 0 and Nitrates close to, I think this problem was due to using tap water in the initial setup and old PC bulbs.

I’ve replaced the bulbs and have done a number of water changes and the red slime algae seems to be lessening, I would like to get some snails to finish it off and to take care of some of the other algae in the tank.

I’m probably going to stay away from any hermits as I would like to build this into a reef tank and people have noted their hermit crabs messing with some of their corals. So for now I want to go with Astaea Turbos, but I don’t know how many I should get for a 55 gallon.
I’ve had snails in the past with no problems with them over-reproducing.

I’ve noticed a lot of the "janitor packages" included a sea star or two - would you recommend these? I’ve had a lot of problems in the past with algae in the sand. (Do the hermits do a good job of sifting?)

I have a 10 gallon planted (freshwater) and an empty 5 gallon tank that i used for quarantine once in a while. i want to know wether i should leave the 10 alone and setup i a micro reef in the 5.or move the residents and contents of the 10 into the five and make the 10 saltwater?

in my 10 gal. i have 2 pearl gouramies, 2 neon tetras, 1 khulii loach, 1 chinese algea eater and al ot of snails. it is a moderatly planted tank. there used to be morefish but they died off (old age mostly). its beensetup for approx. 4 or 5 years now
i have between the two aquariums: 1 biowheel filter( bigger tank; currently running) 1 tetra filter (small; off) 2 thermometers. 1 light fixture with plant bulb 2 air pumps (both off) and a diy CO2 injection system (currently needing some work; disconnected)
i respect your opinion kookie050687and i have larger tanks but i am setting up a micro reef in other words a small tank. therefor 10 or 5 gallons. thank you for your opinion once again.

ive been running this tank for about 6 months now but i have a 1 yearold fish only tank awell.
my reef tank is a 180L tank with T5 lighting and good protien skimmer. i also have the filter that came with the tank (600lph)and 2 powerheads which are on at different times
inside is 4 seahorses a cleaner wrass, 2 cleaner shrimps, a manderin fish (who does eat frozen foods) and a gobie, 2 oysters and some snails and stuff.
i also have a newish zoanthids with about 40 heads and a mushroom leather coral. i am currently only adding vitamins and marine snow as food.

i have no room for a sump but i was wondering is there anything else i need to give my reef tank the best start possible?